Water-closet attachment.



No. 688,063. Patented Dec. 3, l90l. T. A. CAMERON & P. T.- BEYGBAU.

WATER CLOSET ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Mar. 21, 1901.)

(No Mo'del.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS ALEXANDER CAMERON AND PAUL THEODORE BEYGRAU, OF ROSSLAND, CANADA.

WATER-CLOSET ATTACHMENT.

SPEGIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 688,063, dated December3, 1901. Application filed March 21,1901. Serial No. 52,168. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, THOMAS ALEXANDER CAMERON and PAUL THEODORE BEYGRAU,subjects of the King of Great Britain, and residents of Rossland, in theProvince of British Columbia and Dominion of Canada, have invented newand useful Improvements in Wafer-Closet Attachments, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to water-closets, and has for its purpose toprovide an attachment promoting cleanliness and preventing the spread ofdiseases by affording means for conveniently renewing theseating-surface of the water-closet before each use thereof.

To this end our invention consists in a particular novel arrangement ofa long strip or roll of paper or like material passing over the seat ofthe water-closet and adapted to be fed periodically, so as to bring anew or unused portion over the seat.

The construction of our attachment will be fully described hereinafter,and the features of novelty pointed outin the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawin gs,'formin g a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of one form of ourinvention. Fig. 2 is anelevation thereof with parts in section. Fig. 3 is a detail of thewinding-shaft. Fig. 4 is an end view of the core of the winding-spool.Fig. 5 is a plan of the strip or roll of paper. Fig. 6 is a partialsection on line 6 6 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 7 is a front elevation ofanother form of our invention.

In carrying out our invention we preferably employ a strip A of paper orother pliable material, which may be medicated or otherwise prepared, ifdesired, and said strip is provided at intervals with openings Acorresponding in size and shape to the opening B in the seat 13 of thewater-closet or other privy. The edges of the openings A are preferablyprovided with radial slits A so that the material may bend down tobetter contact with the inner edges of the seat-opening 13. The strip Ais kept parallel with the seat-surface by means of rollers or rods 0,arranged adjacent to the seat, and the ends of the strip are secured torollers or spools D D, respectively. Each spool is hollow and has a1ongitudinal slit for the insertion of the paper, being similar in thisrespect to spools used for winding films in photographic cameras. Theunwinding-spool D has a spindle E arranged therein loosely, so that thespool can turn on the spindle, and one end of the spindle has a lateralarm E, adapted to be engaged with a hook F, projecting from one of thestationary brackets G on which the spindle rests. By turning the spindleto the right until it clears the hook F and then withdrawing the spindlelengthwise from the spool the latter is released, so that a new spoolmaybe substituted when necessary.

The winding-spool D has a hollow core D with a lateral notch D Into thisnotch is adapted to fit a spline E upon the spindle E which may he slidlengthwise into and out of the spool and is journaled in brackets G. Thewinding-spindle E further carries a ratchet-Wheel E and a crank E. Aspringpawl H engages the ratchet-wheel to prevent return movement of thewinding-spool and a spring-pressed brake I engages the roll of paper onthe unwindingspool D to oppose the requisite resistance, so that thepaper may be kept taut.

It will be understood that before using the privy the person will turnthe crank E sufficiently to bring the next opening A of the strip A inregistry with the seat-opening B, thus insuring a clean seating-surfaceand avoiding infection. The previously-used portion of the strip is nottorn away or removed, but is stored on the Winding-spool D, so that incase the existenceof contagious diseases is suspected the strip, withanygerms thereon, may be burned or otherwise destroyed after use.

Instead of arranging the rolls or spools above the seat, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2, it will be more convenient in many cases to dispose thembelow the seat, as indicated in Fig. 7. Here B is the ordinary hingedseat on top of the bowl J, and from said seat project downwardly thebrackets G' G carrying, respectively, the unwinding-spool D and thewinding-spool D The detail construction may be the same as abovedescribed. E is the winding-crank. This form is more compact than theone first described, and the spools are out of the Way and do notinterfere with the movement of the hinged seat.

While we prefer to use an apertured strip A of the character set forth,it may be sufficient in some cases to employ a plain imperforate stripextending from the front edge of the seat B or B to the front edge ofthe opening 13 only.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. An attachment for privies, comprisingsupports located at each side of the seat, a winding-spool journaled inone of said supports, means for turning said winding-spool, a spindlemounted to slide in the other support and provided with a lateral arm,ahook projecting from said support and arranged to engage said lateralarm to keep the spindle from sliding, an unwinding-spool mounted on saidspindle loosely, and a strip of plible spindle provided with a taperingfeather,

and the other spool being journaled upon a spindle, provided with anL-shaped end for detachably holding the spindle in position, wherebysaid spools are rendered easily detaehable.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

THOMAS ALEXANDER CAMERON. PAUL THEODORE BEYGRAU.

\Vitnesses:

WILLIAM STEARNE DEACON, ELEAV SIDNEY HILLIARD WINN.

